Hisham I of Cordoba

Hisham I of Cordoba (26 April 757-12 June 796) was the Emir of the Cordoba Emirate from 788 to 796, succeeding Abd-al-Rahman I of Cordoba and preceding al-Hakam I of Cordoba.

Biography
Hisham was a Sunni Muslim Bedouin of the House of Umayyad, and was the son of Emir Abd-al-Rahman I of Cordoba. In 788, at the beginning of his reign, he faced rebellions by his brothers Suleiman and Abdallah, but he put them down. He also had to fight Francia, whose ruler Charlemagne was invading Spain from Septimania. In 793 he called a jihad against the Christian Franks, and he sent troops to Girona and Narbonne. His armies seized hefty loot and numerous slaves, and used these resources to build the Grand Mosque of Cordoba and many other mosques. In 794 he sacked Oviedo, forcing Alfonso II of Asturias to flee and make an alliance with Charlemagne. He died in 796, and al-Hakam I of Cordoba succeeded him.